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Reader question: By car from Thai girlfriend to Laos

By Submitted Message
Posted in Reader question
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January 15 2017

Dear readers,

We plan to spend a few holiday weeks there in April. Is it possible for her to go touring in Laos with her car? This is due to the Asian uni that has come into force.

She is not sure if there are certain requirements or is it not recommended?

Maybe someone already has experience with this!

Sincerely,

Do

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16 responses to “Reader question: By car from Thai girlfriend to Laos”

  1. Sieve says up
    15 January 2017 at 11: 12

    That is possible, but then the car must be in her name, so it must be paid off.
    You must also have a passport for the car.
    A must in Laos is the road to Lak Sau

  2. HansNL says up
    15 January 2017 at 11: 41

    Was always possible, if the car is paid for, at least.
    If so, get a pink booklet, carnet, at the LTO
    Temporarily export from TH at the border, temporarily import into Laos.
    Huge paperwork, sure.
    Buy temporary insurance on the Laos side of the border, and go on tour.

  3. Nelly says up
    15 January 2017 at 12: 02

    The insurance must in any case grant permission

    • Sieve says up
      15 January 2017 at 12: 33

      Insurance not valid abroad.
      You can buy insurance for Laos at the border

  4. Nest says up
    15 January 2017 at 12: 06

    Just back from a trip through Laos, made a road book for a Classic Car Tour, which we did with a dozen
    Classic cars business from Chiangmai. You must request a passport for the car, with corresponding number plates, on the min. of transport, where you go for your driver's license, etc. Passport you will receive within 3 days, the number plates after +/- 1 month, cost 350 baht!
    You have to bring: blue book of the car, Id card, that's all.
    You can take out insurance for Laos against third parties at the border in Laos.

    • Gerrit BKK says up
      16 January 2017 at 04: 19

      Are those new license plates because of the regulation that nowadays “roman alphabet” plates are required/desired between the countries here when crossing borders?

      • HansNL says up
        16 January 2017 at 07: 44

        But you don't need new number plates in Laos.
        Given the similarities between Lao and Thai, that is not necessary.
        The carnet, the pink booklet, has a translation in Roman alphabet.

  5. Gerard says up
    15 January 2017 at 12: 09

    This is possible.

    These are mine. Certain requirements;

    1) car must be owned (e.g. not in finance)
    2) a “car passport” must be applied for at the local transportation office. Depending on the district, Dot can take +/- 3 weeks
    3) a valid driver's license must be submitted as well as the blue booklet of the car registration
    4) On the Laos side of the border you have to buy insurance

    Perhaps others can add to this list if it is not complete?

    Have a nice trip!

    • Jan says up
      16 January 2017 at 01: 12

      In Nongkhai at transportation you can wait for it, it took me half an hour and the booklet was ready. So if you do it in the border town expect it to be arranged right away Nongkhai sure I did it here 5 months ago.
      Insurance is also arranged just across the border and costs little

  6. Jan says up
    15 January 2017 at 12: 22

    Definitely recommended. Very nice, especially from Nong Khai to Luan Prabang. You do need a passport with the car, I thought it was 300 or 600 bath. By the way, this is a one-off. It is better to arrange this passport in advance. It is actually an import and export passport. It's quite a hassle the first time. I think I remember having had 4 counters at the border. By the way, it went fairly quickly if you ask the customs officers where to start and where to go next, it happens in no time.
    Also make sure you arrange your visa at the border and keep in mind that if you don't have a long visa, you can stay in Thailand for another 14 days. but you might know that yourself

    good luck and have a nice trip.

    • Jasper van Der Burgh says up
      16 January 2017 at 03: 30

      You now also get a 30-day visa exemption at the national borders as a Dutch citizen.

  7. jasmine says up
    15 January 2017 at 13: 24

    “on the Laos side of the border you have to buy insurance”
    How much does that insurance cost?

  8. .hjwebbelinghaus says up
    16 January 2017 at 03: 12

    one more addition watch your visa for
    Laos is for 30 days but for your car
    you only get 14 days so within 14 days
    back to thailand
    I don't know if you can buy extra days for your car
    Henk

  9. RobHH says up
    16 January 2017 at 03: 27

    Insurance for Laos only costs a few hundred Baht. That cannot be an objection.

    But keep in mind that when the car goes to Laos for the first time, you have to leave the country via the same border post that you entered.
    It won't matter next time. Then you can, for example, go into Laos at Nongkhai and back into Thailand at Mukdahan.

    You also need a car passport. And the car must be fully owned. So no financing or lease constructions.

    (by the way, the car passport expires on the same day as your registration sticker. Something to keep an eye on when you want to cross the border again)

    Incidentally, you do not need custom license plates for Laos. Well for Malaysia, the third country from this treaty. Other neighboring countries are excluded from this.
    But that was not asked here.

    • Nest says up
      16 January 2017 at 07: 54

      I just drove a new car via Huay Xai to Laos and via Nong Kai back to Thailand.

      • RobHH says up
        16 January 2017 at 08: 53

        Agree. They told me last April that we had to leave the country again via the same border post (Nongkhai). Maybe that has changed.

        I also believe that we were limited in the number of days we were allowed to stay in Laos. Or we had to specify exactly how long we would stay there.
        But I don't remember exactly.


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